Gallery›Wellcome Collection›An international array of physicians, representing the Holy League against the Turks, gather around the sick sultan; the grand vizier creeps off, believing nothing can cure him; representing the Peace of Karlowitz of 26 January 1699, in which Venice, Russia and Poland all gained territories from the Ottoman Empire. Etching by G.M. Mitelli, c. 1700.
An international array of physicians, representing the Holy League against the Turks, gather around the sick sultan; the grand vizier creeps off, believing nothing can cure him; representing the Peace of Karlowitz of 26 January 1699, in which Venice, Russia and Poland all gained territories from the Ottoman Empire. Etching by G.M. Mitelli, c. 1700.
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An international array of physicians, representing the Holy League against the Turks, gather around the sick sultan; the grand vizier creeps off, believing nothing can cure him; representing the Peace of Karlowitz of 26 January 1699, in which Venice, Russia and Poland all gained territories from the Ottoman Empire. Etching by G.M. Mitelli, c. 1700.

Giuseppe Maria Mitelli

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Consultation de medici, nella graue malatia de gran sultano, e rimedÿ proprÿ per guarirlo. G.M. Mitelli Disegna et Intaglio ...

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